Cadillac Homesite

Historical marker location:

28 South Royal Street, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is on Conti Street, 0.1 miles west of South Royal Street, on the right when traveling west.)

The first European settlement in Alabama was established in 1702 by the French at Fort Louis de la Mobile, which is now the city of Mobile. It was named after Louis XIV of France and was the capital of French Louisiana until 1711.